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  • Kirtland Tax Center provides tax help to Airmen, families

    Service members at Kirtland Air Force Base have an alternative way to do their taxes this year.The Kirtland Legal office will open a tax center on February 1 and will be catering their services to military members, their families, and retirees. The priority is E-6s and below, O-3s and below, and

  • AF competition singer has close ties to Kirtland

    An Air Force Entertainer of the Year contestant has strong ties to Albuquerque and Kirtland Air Force Base. Capt. Rachael Jarrell is stationed at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, with the 7th Logistics Readiness Squadron. She attended Sandia Elementary School on Kirtland. When her mother, Rhonda

  • New civilian appraisal program set to start in April

    The Air Force will roll out a new civilian appraisal program in April, designed to improve overall job performance, enhance supervisor and employee communication and more effectively develop and reward the workforce.  The change will affect wage grade and general service employees and is a change

  • Air-launched cruise missile passes tests

    Air Force B-52H Stratofortress aircrews recently tested three unarmed AGM-86B air-launched cruise missiles, demonstrating the bomber force’s ability to configure, load, fly and deliver the nation’s only nuclear cruise missile. The B-52H aircrews departed Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, for the

  • 512th RQS Airman receives Flying Cross medal

    Master Sgt. Gregory Gibbs, 512th Rescue Squadron operations superintendent, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross medal during a Jan. 13 ceremony at Kirtland.Ranked as the highest military aviation award, Gibbs received the medal for distinguishing himself as a HH-60 Pave Hawk aerial gunner in

  • Kirtland hosts Industry Day for Enhanced Use Lease

    Base leadership joined officials from the Air Force Civil Engineer Center and interested private developers for an Industry Day here Jan. 11, with a focus on the Enhanced Use Lease program. EUL allows Air Force installations to make non-excess real property available for public- and private-sector

  • Briefing for Industry on Enhanced Use Lease

    Kirtland Air Force Base officials will conduct a briefing for industry on the Enhanced Use Lease availability of land on the perimeter of the installation Jan. 11 from 9 a.m. at the Phillip's Technology Institute (Sandia Conference Room) at 2350 Alamo Ave. SE, Ste. 100.The briefing includes a tour

  • 58th SOW's HH-60G hits 12,000 hours

    The 58th Special Operations Wing celebrated several notable milestones in 2016, including one of its systems capping the year off by hitting 12,000 flying hours. Aircraft tail number 81-23644, an HH-60G PAVE Hawk helicopter assigned to the 512th Rescue Squadron, passed 12,000 hours during a

  • Team Kirtland spreads cheer with annual event

    TeaOperation Holiday Cheer, one of Kirtland's biggest charitable events of the year, delivered more than 800 new, high-quality toys to children Dec. 14.The event, hosted annually by the Kirtland Air Force Base Fire Department, is an opportunity for the base to show members of the community how much